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An List Of: Talking Therapies/Counselling For Mental Health/Depression: Hakomi Therapy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakomi

Hakomi Therapy is a form of body-centered, somatic psychotherapy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic_Psychology [1] developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s and 80s.

An List Of: Talking Therapies/Counselling For Mental Health/Depression: Integral Thought (This article is about integral thought in philosophy and psychology. It is unrelated to the concept of an integral in calculus. It is also unrelated to Integralism, a right-wing political philosophy):

Integral Thought: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral_psychotherapy

Integral thought (also called the integral paradigm, the integral movement, integral philosophy, the integral worldview, or the integral approach) is a New Age movement that seeks a comprehensive understanding of humans and the universe by combining scientific and spiritual insights.

The movement originates with the California Institute of Integral Studies founded in 1968 by Haridas Chaudhuri, a disciple of Sri Aurobindo.

A notable current proponent is Ken Wilber.

Integral thought is claimed to provide \"a new understanding of how evolution affects the development of consciousness and culture\".

According to the Integral Transformative Practice website, integral means \"dealing with the body, mind, heart, and soul.\"

Integral thought is seen by proponents as going beyond rationalism and materialism.

It attempts to introduce a more universal and holistic perspective or approach.

Proponents view rationalism as subordinating, ignoring, and/or denying spirituality.

Wilber begins by acknowledging and validating mystical experience, rather than denying its reality.

As these experiences have occurred to humans in all cultures in all eras, integral theorists accept them as valuable and not pathological.

(This article is about integral thought in philosophy and psychology. It is unrelated to the concept of an integral in calculus. It is also unrelated to Integralism, a right-wing political philosophy).

An List Of: Talking Therapies/Counselling For Mental Health/Depression: Holotropic Breathwork: (This article is missing citations or needs footnotes):

Holotropic Breathwork: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holotropic_Breathwork

Holotropic Breathwork is a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Stanislav Grof, M.D., Ph.D. and Christina Grof, believed to allow access to nonordinary states of consciousness.

Holotropic breathing has some similarities to rebirthing, but was developed independently.

Holotropic Breathwork is used by practitioners as an approach to self-exploration and healing that integrates insights from modern consciousness research, anthropology, various depth psychologies, transpersonal psychology, Eastern spiritual practices, and mystical traditions of the world.

The name Holotropic means \"moving toward wholeness\" (from the Greek \"holos\"=whole and \"trepein\"=moving in the direction of something).

The method comprises five elements: group process, intensified breathing (so-called hyperventilation), evocative music, focused body work, and expressive drawing.

The method's general effect is a non-specific amplification of a person's psychic process, which facilitates the psyche's natural capacity for healing.

Holotropic Breathwork is usually done in groups, although individual sessions are done. Within the groups, people work in pairs and alternate in the roles of experiencer (\"breather\") and \"sitter\".

The sitter's primary responsibility is to focus compassionate attention on the breather.

Secondarily, the sitter is available to assist the breather, but not to interfere or interrupt the process.

The same is true for trained facilitators, who are available as helpers if necessary.

Originally developed as an adjunct to LSD psychotherapy Holotropic Breathwork is an autonomous psychotherapeutic practice which, nevertheless, retains many of the clinical precautionary measures that were implemented in the medical use of LSD.

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An List Of: Talking Therapies/Counselling For Mental Health/Depression: Humanistic Psychology: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanistic_psychology

Humanistic Psychology is a school of psychology that emerged in the 1950s in reaction to both behaviorism and psychoanalysis.

It is explicitly concerned with the human dimension of psychology and the human context for the development of psychological theory.

These matters are often summarized by the five postulates of Humanistic Psychology given by James Bugental (1964), mainly that:

*1: Human beings cannot be reduced to components.

*2: Human beings have in them a uniquely human context.
*3:Human consciousness includes an awareness of oneself in the context of other people.

*4: Human beings have choices and non desired responsibilities.

*5: Human beings are intentional, they seek meaning, value and creativity.

The humanistic approach has its roots in existentialist thought (see Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre).

It is also sometimes understood within the concept of the three different forces of psychology; behaviorism, psychoanalysis and humanism.

Behaviorism grew out of Ivan Pavlov's work with the conditioned reflex, and laid the foundations for academic psychology in the United States associated with the names of John B. Watson and B.F. Skinner.

This school was later called the science of behavior. Abraham Maslow later gave behaviorism the name \"the first force\".

The \"second force\" came out of Freud's research of psychoanalysis, and the psychologies of Alfred Adler, Erik Erikson, Carl Jung, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney, Otto Rank, Melanie Klein, Harry Stack Sullivan, and others.

These theorists focused on the depth of the human psyche, which they stressed, must be combined with those of the conscious mind in order to produce a healthy human personality.

In the late 1950s, psychologists concerned with advancing a more holistic vision of psychology convened two meetings in Detroit, Michigan.

These psychological; including Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Clark Moustakas, were interested in founding a professional association dedicated to a psychology that focused on uniquely human issues, such as the self, self-actualization, health, hope, love, creativity, nature, being, becoming, individuality, and meaning – in short, the understanding of what it means to be human.

These preliminary meetings eventually led to other developments, which culminated in the description of humanistic psychology as a recognizable \"third force\" in psychology (along with behaviorism and psychoanalysis).

Significant developments included the launch of the Journal of Humanistic Psychology in 1961 and the formation of the Association for Humanistic Psychology (AHP) in 1963.

Subsequently, graduate programs in Humanistic Psychology at institutions of higher learning grew in number and enrollment.

In 1971, humanistic psychology as a field was recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) and granted its own division (Division 32) within the APA.

Division 32 publishes its own academic journal called The Humanistic Psychologist (Aanstoos, Serlin & Greening, 2000).

The major theorists considered to have prepared the ground for Humanistic Psychology are Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers and Rollo May.

The work of Wilhelm Reich, who postulated an essentially 'good', healthy core self, in contrast to Freud, was an early influence, specially his Character Analysis (1933).

Other noteworthy inspirers and leaders of the movement include Roberto Assagioli, Gordon Allport, Medard Boss, Martin Buber, R. D. Laing, Fritz Perls, Anthony Sutich, Erich Fromm, Kurt Goldstein, Clark Moustakas, Lewis Mumford and James Bugental (Aanstoos, Serlin & Greening, 2000).

An List Of: Talking Therapies/Counselling For Mental Health/Depression: Hypnotherapy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnotherapy (This article has been nominated to be checked for its neutrality):

Hypnotherapy is therapy that is undertaken with a subject in hypnosis.

The word \"hypnosis\" is an abbreviation of James Braid's (1843) term \"neuro-hypnotism\", meaning \"sleep of the nervous system\".

A person who is hypnotized displays certain unusual characteristics and propensities, compared with a non-hypnotized subject, most notably hyper-suggestibility, which some authorities have considered a sine qua non of hypnosis.

For example, Clark L. Hull, probably the first major empirical researcher in the field, wrote,

If a subject after submitting to the hypnotic procedure shows no genuine increase in susceptibility to any suggestions whatever, there seems no point in calling him hypnotised [...] (Hull, Hypnosis & Suggestion, 1933: 392)

Hypnotherapy is often applied in order to modify a subject's behavior, emotional content, and attitudes, as well as a wide range of conditions including dysfunctional habits, anxiety, stress-related illness, pain management, and personal development.

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Human Givens Approach or Human givens Psychotherapy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_givens

Human Givens Approach or Human givens Psychotherapy is an approach to psychology and psychotherapy.

It was developed from the organising idea that psychological understanding is best advanced by recognising that we have innate physical and emotional needs and that nature has given us resources to help fulfil them.

These needs have evolved over millions of years and are our common biological inheritance, whatever our cultural background.

This organising idea has produced improved ways of viewing and treating depression, anxiety disorders, psychosis and addiction.

The approach was developed by Joe Griffin and Ivan Tyrrell after the foundation of the European Therapy Studies Institute (ETSI) in 1992, the aim of which was to scientifically research why some psychotherapeautic techniques worked and why some didn't.

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